A nice mixture

We have been busy having fun. Most of the time, that is. The kids are at such fantastic ages. They are creative, energetic, silly, inspirational, focused, and so much fun to be with. It helps that I go to FIT 3-4 times a week for a great workout, and it helps that I am tutoring 8-10 hours a week too. Those provide great breaks from these wild ones, and contribute to my emotional, physical and mental health. And as I mentioned a few posts back, it really makes me enjoy every minute I have with them. We have a good mixture between playgroups, nursery school, swim class, park days, and field trip days. On a rainy Friday like today we started off at FIT, where the kids played happily with other kids for an hour at the daycare and I workedout until my face was as red as a tomato and sweat covered every inch of my body. In my opinion a great cardio workout is the best way to start a long day. Then we went to Palo Alto and enjoyed a bagel, some coffee, and a newspaper together:

Our next stop was The Play Store, a beautiful waldorf toy store. The kids had a great time and although I was overwhelmed and tempted to buy EVERYTHING, I managed to get out of the store with just a few small things. As soon as we got home the kids spent 20 minutes blowing bubbles in the rain with their new bear bubble blower, and then art time with their new colored pencils. I love art supplies that are really nice. Worth the extra few bucks.

Two days ago we went to Frontierland park in Pacifica, it is back in the hills and a wonderful park. The kids ran around playing with kids they have never met for 3 hours. All that fun and heat paved the way for a tasty treat at Mezzaluna cafe. They split a small gelato and giggled through every bite.

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Charlie was determined to scale this wall, he finally did it with a little boost from me.

Charlie told me he was learning to surf, wish it was that easy.

Art is a big hit in this house. Here the kids are painting at 6:40 am. Wet on Wet painting is so fun for the kids because they get to see the colors swim across their paper.

The kids had a very fun visit with Josh. They adore him. And they learn important things from him like how to fist pump with the blow up noises afterwards. How did these kids get so lucky that everyone around them chooses to come and play all the time with them.

Last week we met up with Blake and Adam's parents for a fun day at the zoo. The kids were adorable and had a blast together.

Most of our outside time is in our own backyard. Charlie is teaching Kate to ride his scooter, she actually is very good at it. He thought teaching her to go down a hill would be a good place to learn.

We are always working on our mustaches, we can have smoothie mustaches, milk ones, cream cheese ones, lentil soup ones......

And we are spending a lot of time learning to be good mothers, sisters, fathers, brothers. Both kids love their dolls, just five minutes I heard Kate say, "Charlie you be the daddy, I be the mommy" She then looked at me and said, "You be Yarah" I can do that. The more I am Sarah, the happier I am

So yeh, things are good right now. The kids have been so sweet this past week or two. I feel the love and support everywhere I turn. Lily's coat is coming in, Adam and I are leaving around 5 for Santa Cruz and Big Sur for the weekend, Charlie and Kate are so excited about their Staycation with my family. Some weeks are not as smooth, but these past two weeks have been awesome. It makes me think about home-schooling, and how much fun we would have. Just a thought.